Garment hanger attachment



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GARMENT HANGER ATTACHMENT Filed July 23, 1945 Mew 45L FJA/mz- INVHVTOR.

Patented Oct. 1, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

GARMENT HANGER ATTACHMENT Michael F. Smith, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application July 23, 1945', Serial No. 606,579

6 Claims 1 My invention relates to an attachment mount able upon a conventional garment hanger'to aid in keeping in place certain garments supportable by the hanger.

Among important objects of the invention are: to provide an attachmentv or clip adapted to be applied adjustably to agarment hanger and including means for maintaining the holding means of the device either in a clamped closed or unclamped open relation to an arm of the hanger; to

provide in combination with the attachment a boot or sleeve, preferably elastic, to provide in combination with the attachment a boot or sleeve, preferably of an elastic character to afiord: first,

a protective covering for the tiltable portion of i the attachment; secondly, a gripping action to contract the yieldable wire frame of the attachment whereby to frictionally hold the-latter on thehanger bar when a certain link is optionally omitted; and finally to serve as a non-slip means J to prevent the slipping off of silky or satiny garments from the hanger bar when such garments are superimposed upon shoulder strap garments supported on. the bar by the attachment thereunderneath; to provide a garment hanger clip more satisfactorily operable by a single hand of the operator leaving the other hand free to adjust garments on the hanger; and to provide.

an adjustable keeper clip of a flat line character that will not distort overlying garments.

Other objects, advantages and features of-invention will hereinafter appear.

Referring to the accompanying drawing which illustrates what is at present deemed to be a preferred embodiment of the invention,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device the keeper sleeve which may form a part thereof being shown juxtaposed to the part to which it is applied.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a garment hanger showing each arm of the hanger provided with the device, one of the two devices shown being in the open position and the otherin the closed position. 6

Referring in detail to the drawing, the conventional hanger therein shown, comprises an arouate bar or body portion 5 suspendable bya wire hook 6 attached to its midlength portion.

Mountable upon each end portion of said hanger is the adjustable clip I which forms the subject matter of this invention. Said clip 1 comprises a resilient wire frame consisting of two approximately parallel basal wire runs 8 said runs at one end each being continued as anupward vertical run 9 which in turn is continued 2 by a forward approximately horizontalrun 10- at each side of the clip, said runs It also being approximately parallel to the lower or basalruns 8. The upper runs it are slightly dippeddownwardly throughout their front portions, their forward ends being united by a transverse front wire run ll, while the rear portions of said runs ii! are linked together by a link member l2: which is shown as a piece of strap metal having end curls i3 securing it to said wire runs I10.

Each of the basal or lower wire runs 8' has its front end portion l4 directed steeply downward and terminating in an eye portion l5 whereby this part of the clip is attached to a headed pin or rivet l6. Said pin l 8 forms a pivotal support for a cam member or dog ll shaped as a triangular block, the pin passing through one rounded corner portion or heel of said block.

One face [8 of said block-is shown concave so as to be more conveniently engaged by the thumb of the operator to operate it, while the adjoining face 19 at the opposite side of the pivot is slightly convex so that in one adjusted position of the dog the latter face will abut squarely against the concave side of the hanger 5, 'as

shown in the right hand portion of Fig. 2'. The third face 20 of the-dog is alsosli'ghtly convex to conform to the contour of the lower side of: the

' hanger.

with the strap metal link [2 of the clip constitute an upper stirrup shaped abutment member 21 (Fig.2) which overlies the upper surface of the hanger arm when the clip is in the applied position. Said. member 2!, being so positioned in relation to the pivot pin l5 and the triangular dog. l1 that whenthe dog is adjusted with its face l9 abutting against the hanger bar said member 2| is maintained upwardly tilted as shown in the right hand portion of Fig. 2, and when said dog is adjusted with its face 29 in an abutting relation to the hanger bar said member 21 is held downwardly in an overlying abutting relation to the upper surface of thehanger bar, as shown in the left hand portion of Fig. 2. The vertical wire runs 9 of the attachment are held closely against opposite sides of the hanger bar by means of the'link I2, thereby frictionally hold ing the member 2| in its upwardly tilted position when so desired; it being understoodthat in impartingananti-clockwise movement to the dog I]. to bring it to the position in the right hand frictional engagement of the wire runs 9 will also the hanger in the usual way without being distorted by the smooth underlying members 2 I.

When the dog IT has been brought to the position shown at the left in Fig. 2, wherein its face abuts the lower side of the hanger bar, the wire portion of the clip as a whole is placed under tension which causes its part 2| to firmly grip and hold in place the aforementioned underlying shoulder straps.

An antislip sleeve 25, preferably made of rubber-like material, is provided for each attachment to envelop the overlying wire member 2|. The runs IU of each member 2| diverge slightly from each other as they approach the wire run I l and the sleeve tapers slightly to its mouth position so that when said sleeve is telescoped over the wire member 21 it will safely stay in place.

When the sleeve 25 is made a part of the device and is in the applied position, if desired, the strap metal link l2 may be omitted, because the mouth portion of the sleeve will function the same as the link when used.

It should be understood that the present disclosure is for the purpose ofillustration only and that this invention includes all modifications and equivalents which fall within the scope of the subject matter claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. A garment hanger attachment of the kind described comprising a resilient wire frame consisting of two approximately parallel basal runs, said runs at one end each being continued as an upward vertical run which in turn is continued by a forward approximately horizontal upper run at each side of the attachment, the latter runs also being approximately parallel to said lower or basal runs, said upper runs being slightly dipped downwardly throughout their front portions, their forward end being united by a transverse front wire run, a link linking together the rear portions of the latter runs, each of said basal or lower runs of the wire frame having its front end portion directed steeply downwardly and terminating in an eye, a pin bridging the space between said eyes, and a triangularly shaped dog having one of its corner-portions pivotally related to said pin whereby said dog is adjustable to bring one of its faces into an abutting relation to a hanger bar to which the attachment is applicable, allowing when so adjusted an upward tilting of said upper wire runs in relation to the hanger bar and when adjusted with another of its faces abutting said hanger bar draws said upper wire runs downwardly yieldingly against'the upper surface of the hanger bar. I

2. A garment hanger attachment of the kind described comprising an upper member consisting of a resilient wire loop bent like a U to horizontally overlie and abut a longitudinal section of the top surface of a conventional garment hanger bar, a wire run depending downwardly from each arm of said member, a link linking together the arms of the U adjacent to the point where said wire runs depend therefrom to cause the latter runs to frictionally grip between them the hanger bar, and means to underlie the hanger bar and unite the lower ends of said wire runs, said attachment being adjustable to and from a position wherein said member is upwardly tilted at one end to admit under it a shoulder strap of a garment to be supported by the hanger.

3. A garment hanger attachment of the kind described comprising an upper resilient wire loop formed at one end and having side portions positionable along opposite upper corner portions of a conventional garment hanger bar, an elastic sleeve enveloping said wire loop, the mouth of said sleeve being contracted and fitting around that end of the loop opposite its said closed end, said loop having a downwardly extending run located at each side of the mouth of the fitted on sleeve, said downwardly-extending run gripping between them the hanger bar, means to underlie the hanger bar and unite the lower ends of said wire runs, said attachment being adjustable to and from a position wherein said wire loop and sleeve are upwardly tilted at one end to admit under the sleeve the shoulder strap of a garment supported by the hanger, and means to effect the adjustability of said attachment, said mean including a dog pivoted to said underlying means and adjustable to and from a position wherein it acts against the underside of the hanger bar when the device is in the applied position to at such time cause said upper portion of the wire frame to press down upon the upper surface of the hanger bar and grip therebetween said shoulder strap.

4. An atttachment for a conventional garment hanger, comprising a resilient wire frame having an upper portion to overlie the bar of the hanger, side portions to grip between them the bar of the hanger, and a lower portion to underlie the bar of the hanger, in combination with a cam member or dog pivoted to said lower portion and adjustable to and from a position wherein it acts against the underside of the hanger bar when the deviceis in the applied position to at such time cause said upper portion of the wire frame to press down upon the upper surface of the hanger bar.

5. The subject matter of claim 4 and, said cam member or dog being shaped with one of its corner portions pivotally related to said wire frame, whereby when adjusted with one of its faces in an abutting relation to the hanger bar it allows an upward tilting of the wire frame in relation to the hanger bar and when adjusted with another of its faces in abutment with the hanger bar, draws the upper portion of the wire frame downwardly yieldingly against the upper surface of the hanger bar.

6. A clip for application to that type of garment hanger which consists of a bar suspendable from its central portion in a horizontal position; consisting of an upper abutment member in an abutting, tiltable relation to the upper side of said bar, a lower portion in an underlying spaced relation to said upper portion and rigidly secured to one end of the latter portion, and a dog pivotally mounted upon said underlying portion to adjust said latter portion to and from a downclamped relation to the upper surface of the hanger bar.

MICHAEL F. SMITH. 

